Lyme Blog Posts
Frequently asked questions about mold-related illness
By ISEAI.org When one person in a household is diagnosed with mold illness, it can affect the whole family. There are often many changes needed…
“Long covid looks exactly, and I mean exactly, like chronic Lyme.”
MIT Technology Review is a bimonthly magazine owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It focuses on science and technology. Its latest issue features the work of…
PODCAST: Neurological and cognitive issues from Lyme
By Fred Diamond On this week’s Love, Hope, Lyme podcast, biologist and Lyme survivor Dr. Shelley Ball and I discussed neurological and cognitive issues that…
True number of Lyme disease cases? We may never know.
The CDC released a surveillance report in February 2024, showing reported cases of Lyme disease rose from an average of about 37,000 from 2017–2019 to…
Her art reflects long-term struggle with unrecognized Lyme disease
Emily Bromberg is a painter and ceramic artist based in Seattle, Washington. She’s struggled with unexplained chronic pain for much of her life. Things dramatically…
Zooming with Congress for more Lyme funding
More than 380 Lyme disease advocates from 45 states put on their special green neck scarves and zoomed with congressional offices this week. Their goal?…
Singer/songwriter went to Nashville to record “Dear Lyme”
By Judith Howard I was bitten by a female deer tick in Missouri in July 2015. My doctor said there was no risk of infection…
PODCAST: Finding resilience through the Lyme disease journey
By Fred Diamond On this week’s “Love, Hope, Lyme” podcast, Lymedisease.org President Dorothy Leland and her daughter Rachel Leland discuss the book they wrote together,…
Patient priorities regarding maternal-fetal Lyme research
Perinatal transmission of Lyme disease: A qualitative study investigating the research priorities of patients with Lyme disease in pregnancy has just been published in PLOS…
“Lyme disease” scores as Jeopardy question
Some people think you’ve made it big if you’re named in a Jeopardy question or answer. By that measure, both “Lyme disease” and the documentary…
Brain on fire: neuropsychiatric disorders in children
By Alain Mass, MD Nearly one in six children between the ages of 2 and 6 years old (17.4%) has a diagnosed mental, behavioral or…
PODCAST: What it takes to heal from Lyme disease
Last year, I wrote about Josh and Ethan, two young guys who are making their mark as effective advocates for Lyme disease. (See: “Fierce” Lyme…